Rob
McIntosh

• - Integrated categories in the left panel section from database and accompaying pins on map.
• - Added pop-up dialog boxes and fields with details whenever a user clicked on a pin. Pulled in details into dialog elements from database. Styled according to design comps.
• - Introduced drag-center-load capabilities to AARP's 'Near Me' Deals map. This among other tasks involved work with AJAX, JSON, jQuery and CSS through feeds from the backend database.
• - Added more filter results (categories) such as local shops, tax services and volunteering. Integrated new pins to categories panel and map via JS, jQuery, JSON and CSS
• - Added new geocode location details which were made possible with the latest Google Maps API versions.
• - Updated documentation in backend files. Wrote guide in Confluence for future developers to use as reference.
• - Programmed in dynamic 'Change City' option which reveals the address and zip code section at the top of the panel.
• - Completed smaller tasks such as adding functionality where when visitors clicked on address field, prior text (address) was automatically deleted.

Work Documentation:
Local AARP Map Testing - http://assets.aarp.org/aarp.org_/web/js/nearme

Scripts:
- http://assets.aarp.org/aarp.org_/web/js/nearme/nearme_2015_09.js - http://assets.aarp.org/aarp.org_/web/js/nearme/nearme_2015_10.js - http://assets.aarp.org/aarp.org_/web/js/nearme/nearme_2015_11.js - http://assets.aarp.org/aarp.org_/web/js/nearme/nearme_2015_12.js

• - As a pro-active engineer, worked within a team of cross-functional software programmers, UX designers and managers in an intense, deadline-driven LAMP environment at the College Board.
• - Integrated, developed and stylized Liferay features including virtual community portals, dialogs, forms, rich text editors, file management sections and chat features in enabling teacher-to-teacher collaboration during the development of the Advanced Placement Teachers Community website.
• - With CSS3, jQuery and JavaScript, programmed dynamic icons, images, sprites, drop down menus, navigation menus, animated module loaders and expand/contract elements within the APTC interface (UI). Engineered them within the Liferay Enterprise Platform setup.
• - Troubleshot DOM-based bugs/issues and created traversal-based scripts where only pure JavaScript was the answer for cases where jQuery's reach was limited.

• - One of three UI developers at Gannett Government Media (GGM) tasked with management (technical specs, planning, design, development and quality assurance) of all website properties.
• Built scalable website and database through Rackspace Cloud Services with integrated services including Oracle and Red Hat Linux.
• - Designed, developed and stylized new and or existing websites in responsive mobile-, tablet-, and desktop- website formats.
• - Programmed third-party advertising with Omniture in the masthead section and side panels.
• - Designed, developed and built responsive C4ISRNet prototype for all devices from mobile to desktop. Site built based on responsive, mobile-first principles and UI best practices. Ultimately a different prototype was chosen instead to meet Gannett's Saxotech publishing platform requirements.
• - Recurring tasks including online sweepstakes, Schneider’s Electric, VA Home Loan Center, Early Bird Brief, Syria Civil War Updates, Best for Vets
• - Completed comprehensive spreadsheet-based website project: the Military Times College Rankings for Vets (2 year, 4 year and technical schools) and FedTimes federal agency directory.
• - Made daily updates to Gannett military-based properties such as ArmyTimes.com, DefenseNews.com and C4ISRNet.com which are viewed by a few million people on a monthly basis (defense, government, military and in the public sector).

• - Single-handedly developed, stylized and streamlined custom-built, responsive ArmedForcesJournal.com website and met one month deadline.
• - Worked with built-in WPZoom theme (Magazine Explorer) and activated many dynamic WPZoom package features throughout the WordPress CMS.
• - Integrated and customized the following plugins, Popular Posts (recent, popular and comments), WPZoom and Livefrye community commenting system (with ongoing account subscription).
• - Integrated, tested and stylized Omniture advertising setup throughout website framework (masthead and sides).
• - With care, backed up database from old site and transferred articles, pages, posts and media assets from old database & to new db.

• - Met with UX Department Manager weekly to explore app concepts, conduct brainstorming sessions, deliberate between exploratory screenflow (flowchart) options and showcase finalized designs and wireframes (to team and department). Documented and archived work.
• - Worked in tandem with a UX graphic designer and held twice-weekly sesions reviewing app concepts and design prototypes.
• - Teamed up with fellow designer/developer in hosting focus group sessions in documenting feedback on latest design comps and wireframes. Used data from prior sessions in following through with successive designs (app upgrades).
• - Successfully designed a 'Full Stack App' complete as a video player and remote control (TV guide and DVR). And one capable of toggling simultaneously between live and or recorded TV shows on the iPad and the HDTV set.
• - Teamed up with fellow developers and programmers in creating initial prototype app based on UX design and research work.
• - App patented by the Comcast Digital Research Department and approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Agency.

• - Customized full-stack work environment in meeting project requirements and completion targets. Analyzed Universal Search's new design specifications and provided status updates during daily agile / scrum meetings.
• - Replaced old interface by developing new semantic, tableless layout and then integrated in old code (JavaScipt, jQuery, JSON and AJAX) within new structure and preserved proper naming conventions (classes and IDs). Compeleted this step before stying work (new design comps) and programming in dynamic user-driven features.
• - Cropped icons and layout features into sprite assets from series of design comps and followed up with programming in CSS3 effects and transitions.
• - QA verified new interface met requirements by completing all user requests via touch and by mouse device and seeing expectations were met.
• - Major upgrades to xFinity's Universal Search interface completed, resulting in an enhanced, engaging user experience.

• - Re-programmed search filter query to display new multimedia features for users through JSON and AJAX work from the Oracle DB. New additions included new genre labels, icons, date and in-depth actor/actress profiles.
• - Used Chrome developer tools and Firebug to test JSON feeds from JSP/Oracle server, check server connections, bandwidth, assets (weight), and AJAX functionality through review, tests and verification.
• - Located and removed VPN-delay bugs and undefined values where search suggestion results no longer appear due to updated backend configurations.
• - Filter query work combined with development of additional interface views / states and modules.
• - Added new genre labels such as 'people' (actor/actress). Found and harnessed genre data including request to showcase assets (actor/actress icon) for example. Programmed in views (modules/pages) to showcase additional actor/actress info.
• - Completed work resulted in an effective search interface in providing requested information by users as highly relevant and personalized.

• - Built work environment with full-stack Django platform and Python-based third party apps. Installed XCode, pip, Homebrew, Fabric, XML library and GIT. Customized PostgreSQL and set up the postgres database.
• - All development and programming work combined Python and UI engineering work (JS, jQuery, HTML, CSS3 among others) within the Django publishing platform. Completed projects were created with case numbers within the platform. This work involved the creation of object oriented modules and XML tags based on Django libary naming conventions.
• - Developed custom slideshows for upcoming articles (news release) featuring the latest NGS photos within Django publishing environment as well as GIT work. Entered article info & data within Django's publishing schedule for future release.
• - Developed the three-step sweepstakes submission project (Nirvana Sweepstakes) on the NGS publishing platform. Streamlined buggy process with Django and Python programming. Rendered splash photos from directory via coordination with graphic design team.
• - Upgraded the NGS publish panel by creating new fields including subtitles and lead teases. Resulting work allowed authors more editorial control such as adding details about each featured photo in the slideshow in efforts to grab readers attention.

• - Created series of layout comps and wireframes in designing new National Cued Speech Association website through expert consultations with the NCSA board and resulting feedback.
• - Developed accessible, semantic forms based on usability and UX best practices. Fields designed with CSS3 on PHP server side programming. Notifications provided via synchronized HTML5 and PHP work whenever user submits incomplete data and or empty fields.
• - Built semantic CSS3-powered dropdown menu with transitions and effects. Menu activated by touch and is functional on all mobile devices, tables and laptops.
• - Built custom advertisement section with JavaScript programming using built-in function including setTimeout and setInterval events, jQuery fade functions and with CSS3 styling work. Current sponsors of the NCSA featured in ad section.
• - Built custom slideshow section following synchronized work with JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5 and jQuery. Development of slideshow based on UX and usability best practices.
• - Developed and stylized a WP-based dynamic calendar and event-based accordian side panel with jQuery and JavaScript. This was shut down in place of a static events page. New cutting-edge website will apply for submission of events and info into calendar / events page by board members and authorized users.

• - Editorial team wanted a website version of the On Cue newsletter (paperback). Gathered feedback and vision in meetings. Guided by cutting-edge UI/UX principles during initial consultations, established layout, design, fonts, favicon and technical specifications. Created wireframes and design comps showcasing concepts of a modern-yet-retro theme and approved by team. Completed website within 60 days to conincide with postal release of newsletter.
• - Implemented mobile-first responsive design best practices for all smartphone-, tablet- and desktop- formats. Expert Photoshop and CSS work ensured article excerpts and photos resized smoothly and between one or two columns no matter the screen-width.
• - Optimized even further for older devices and browsers with Modernizr and CSS3 mediaqueries.js. Modernizr's feature detection and JS support ensures HTML5 and CSS3 work in those devices that do not support media queries. Employed 1:1 viewport for mobile.
• - Programmed and stylized custom slideshow in the most streamlined manner possible for all screen widths. Set up Advanced Responsive Video Embedder to support video in all formats. Coded and customized YouTube code within WordPress.
• - All external stylesheets and JavaScript enqueued and verified within Functions.js in WordPress as part of bandwidth management efforts to optimize website speed.
• - Responsive jQuery programming ensured articles on home page were the same height regardless of amount of content within. Ideal photo editing work in Photoshop ensured all images are consistent. Combined work prevents responsive issues such as stuck containers or zig-zagging due to browser resizing.

• - After having joined, helped team beat impending deadlines in the design, development and programming of a custom, responsive multimedia news site along the likes of Ammp3d, Buzzfeed and Upworthy.
• - Performed integral role within a diverse range of talented team members including the UX directors, system engineers, software engineers and graphic designers.
• - Oversaw the toughest engineering assignments which included programming work in the WordPress core, theme and in creating dynamic features for mobile-views within cellphones, smartphones, tablets and desktops.
• - Teamed up with software programmer in programming a live score ticker with node.JS, JSON and JavaScript. When scrolled, the score ticker locked in at the top of the blog with link to full coverage of each live match.
• - Integrated live score ticker with Enquire.js in binding JavaScript with media queries. Completed work ensured ticker resized appropriately in all screen widths.
• - Developed left navigation bar (for 781px or wider screens), programmed PHP and WordPress post metadata (loops) to list 15 articles by their linked title, sub-title and date. Styled each link combination into decorated panel tabs following design compositions from the graphic design team.
• - Completed additional work so the 'active' navigation tab was displayed in bright colors whenever user clicked through to view article.
• - Programmed and designed left panel tabs (non-hyperlinked) for the following, 'Posts', 'Showcase', 'Section' and 'Search'.
• - Programmed in the Google engine to power the search bar. Every keyword / keyphrase search generated relevant articles in the content section.
• - Expertise helped team surpass tight deadlines in quickly building a site that showcased the best in VOA news (sports) and hosting live radio broadcasts.
• - After demonstration, BBG.gov agency director commended our team for "engineering a fresh, innovative site that allowed content with a distinctive personality to stand out and be socially shared in many sites and much needed for the Voice of America brand."

• - Digital team's main overriding goal was to build a light, speedy cached site that would easily be accessed wirelessly in all remote areas internationally including French-speaking third-world countries such as Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Nigera.
• - Met up with program managers daily to discuss and suggest various language and multimedia possibilities / solutions.
• - Created language files with PO, MO and POT extensions to compile words from sections unaffected by language conversion and had French-speaking VOA co-workers review site for language structure, tense, and consistency. Completed site is football.lavoixdelamerique.com.
• - Completed PHP server script where website detects if IP address is French-based (football.lavoixdelamerique.com), English-based (football.voanews.com) or local testing address and updates site logo and social media text depending on language.
• - Identified plugins that met exactly the right needs while keeping duplicate sites lightweight, bandwidth-fast and innovative through custom design and development work.
• - Identified AddToAny as the best social media sharing plugin for Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. Set up plugin, optimized settings and integrated with Open Graph programming.
• - Coded and optimized Open Graph meta tags and set up plugin support so main image in articles posted by users were displayed at full size width when posted on social media sharing sites.

• - Participated on two Voice of America (VOA) digital media teams in building a website/blog and a mobile app for the World Cup event.
• - Provided UI engineering and AngularJS support to 2nd digital media team. Integrated backend data services with AngularJS to display data where needed and in requesting personal data from users.
• - Conducted successive bandwidth tests for mobile devices (Nokias, Blackberries, etc) after website updates in diligently ensuring high download speeds on a global scale remained intact. Advised team which plugins and features to use in place of offending ones.
• - Conducted plugin throttle tests and advised which ones to use. Integrated ideal plugins that met requirements and loaded quickly.
• - Integrated and fine-tuned lazy-loading video programming for increased website download speeds. Through AJAX, webpages loaded videos in the background after initial load.
• - Caching and faster bandwidth speeds on an global scale was set up through Amazon's international CDN network so third-world citizens in areas with iffy wireless signals could quickly download the VOA multimedia news site to keep track of live games.
• - Programmed pagination code following WordPress API instructions when it was discovered original plugin took up too many resources download-wise.
• - Enqueued stylesheets, script and JS library files within WordPress's functions.php in efforts to speed up website download speeds.
• Commended for dedicated project focus, strong grasp of UX and UI standards and engaging personality.
• - Having logged over 50,000 visitors in Spring and Summer 2014, successful VOA World Cup website now serves as a model and template for future VOA sports websites and blogs (BBG.gov).

• - Billing details panel in registration form automatically updates each time applicant makes changes. Panel displays list of purchases and accompaying prices.
• - Total price on both the registration and billing form update each time changes are made to the form by applicant.
• - Programmed dynamic registration-to-billing page effects through jQuery work whenever applicant clicks 'Purchase Ticket' or 'Back To Registration' buttons.
• - Optimized website with W3 Cache plugin for faster download speeds.
• - Optimized user-friendly forms followed UX and accessibility best practices with semantic layout, HTML5 fields and error handling, JavaScript error handling, labels, and CSS3 styling.
• - Set up hosting and Cloudflare CDN caching for increased download and bandwidth speeds.

• - Built custom, semantic website and theme on WordPress. Interactive features have smooth, dynamic feel through integrated JavaScript, jQuery and jQuery work along with CSS3 transitions.
• - Created wireframes and design comps with layout design team and UX expertise. Final product was based on initial board feedback and team strategy.
• - Integrated, customized and optimized Font Awesome icons within navigation menu through CSS3 styling work.
• - Developed dynamic tabs in Schedule page through jQueryUI programming and stylized following usability and UX best practices.
• - Created dynamic speaker panels in the Speakers and Gala Dinner pages with jQuery and CSS3 styling work. Ensured consistent panel boxes and made responsive along with effects for a smooth, consistent feel.
• - Created responsive exhibitors chart following UX design trends in Sponsors page.
• - Developed responsive logos (sponsors and donors) and layout structure near footer area as well as on the sponsors and exhibitors pages.
• - Made duplicate copies of original logos and images (EPS and AI format). Optimized and polished dull-looking logos in Photoshop where necessary. Ensured they were as sharp and light as possible for optimal wireless downloads via mobile.

• - With NCSA's blessing, researched and chose Dharma, Authorize.net and Comodo as merchants and security services to work with for convention ticket purchases.
• - All registration and billing aspects are personal initiatives made possible through my background expertise and in consulting with the NCSA board.
• - Completed methodical process in setting up Secure Sockets Layers with an EV certificate from Comodo.com. Green seal in URL field within browsers and Comodo Security lock symbol assures applicants that their data is safe and secure with Authorize, Dharma and Comodo when registering.
• - Completed integrated registration and billing process with intensive programming work and configurations with Authorize.net, WordPress and Dharma Merchant Services (banking). Made entire site secure with the most stringent security possible, an EV certificate through Comodo Security.
• - Completed registration form with intensive JavaScript programming work. Subtotals and total price automatically update whenever applicant makes changes to each field (drop down list and or checkbox).